Paris Jackson is set to play the role of Jesus in the upcoming indie film, "Habit," alongside Bella Thorne, according to Screen Daily, April 13.
The 22-year-old actress and only daughter of the late King of Pop will be playing the Messiah himself in the thriller film about a "street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish" played by Thorne. In the exclusive from Screen Daily, the story will follow Thorne's character as she finds herself in a drug deal gone wrong and tries to find a way out by pretending to be a nun.
The cast reportedly includes Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale (Zoolander, Little Black Book), singer and actress Josie Ho, and Bria Vinaite (The Florida Project) in Janell Shirtcliff's directorial debut project.
Filming of the new thriller, indie film is already wrapped and is currently in post-production. Elevated Films will be among the producers and will be internationally distributed by Voltage Pictures. No release date has been announced yet.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson
Before landing what might be her biggest role yet, Paris Jackson started her career as a model in March 2017. She modeled under IMG Models, a New York-based international modeling agency home to some of the most well-known personalities, including Hailey Baldwin, Cara Delevingne, and Chrissy Teigen.
Paris later made her debut in acting with a guest-starring role as "Rachel Wallace" in the Fox TV series "Star," where she appeared in the first two seasons. She next made her film acting debut with the 2018 crime comedy flick "Gringo," led by David Oyelowo and Charlize Theron.
She also formed "The Sunflowers" in 2018 with musician Gabriel Glenn and first performed their original songs "In the Blue" and "Daisy" at Canyon Sessions on June 23, 2018. Both Jackson and Glenn sing, though Paris plays the ukulele, and Glenn plays the guitar. The pair was spotted kissing and walking arm-in-arm together in Los Angeles in August 2018.
Being Michael Jackson's daughter
Paris opened up on what it's like being the daughter of the King of Pop in a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone. She discussed being raised in a "very open-minded house." She then shared an anecdote when she was eight years old and in love with a female magazine cover.
Paris then shared her father's emphasis for tolerance, "Instead of yelling at me, like most homophobic parents, he was making fun of me, like, 'Oh, you got yourself a girlfriend.'"
Paris also shared that Michael Jackson liked to call her "Tinker Bell," prompting her to have the words "FAITH, TRUST AND PIXIE DUST" tattooed near her shoulder.
"I just love people for people"
In July 2018, a fan asked on Paris' Instagram page whether she is bisexual. She replied, "That's what you guys call it, so I guess but who needs labels." She also posted a picture of her holding a cigarette. It comes with a statement that she came out when she was 14 and has referred to the community as 'my fellow LGBTQ+' on stage before."
In a separate Instagram post, Paris said that she's "not bisexual," and she "love people for people." She also said that she does not label herself and asked people not to label her.
